Fastening device for fabric package-covers.



No. 672,668. Patented Apr. 23, l90l.

' D. R. C. DEVINE.

(Application filed. June '18, 1900.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES DAVID R. C. DEVINE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR OF TWO'THIRDS TO JOHN A. MOKEE AND DOUGLASS D. WVILLIAMS, OF

SAME PLACE.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR FABRIC PACKAGE-COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,668, dated April23, 1901.

Application filed June 18, 1900.

To all whom tam/my concern.-

ered at that end by burlap or other fabric,

either for the purposewhere the articles inclosed are perishable, suchas vegetablesto provide ventilation or to prevent breakage, if anordinary head were secured thereon. As a general thing such fabriccoverings are applied either to barrels or baskets. If applied tobarrels, the usual manner of attaching is to remove one of the rings atthe endwhere the fabric is' to be applied, bringing the fabric over theopen head after the articles are placed in the barrel, and then againsecuring by nails the ring removed upon the fabric. sive way of securingsuch fabric and removing it to remove the articles, but often the nailsused pass through the barrel into the articles, damaging them.

My invention, speaking generally, consists in a peculiarconstruction ofband which may be readily applied to packages after the covering hasbeen applied and which will firmly and securely hold the fabric inplace. At the same time the band may be readily removed to allow thefabric to be removed When it is desired to remove the articles. Thisband consists of a metallic strip having a series ofdownwardly-extending engaging projections. The band after the fabric hasbeen placed over the open end of the package is passed around thepackage, overlying a downwardlyprojecting portion of the fabric, and theends of the band are then moved to tightly inclose the package andinterlocked. The fabric is thus securely held on the package and is pre-This is not only a slow and expel] $erial No. 20,638. (No model.)

desired to remove the articles, the band is loosened from the package,the two ends of the band separated and removed, and the fabric may thenbe taken off. By the use of the downward-engaging projections in theband, while the fabric may be stitched downwardly properly, it will beprevented from rising upwardly by engaging with downwardlyextendingengaging projections.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my invention as usedwith a barrel, although it is applicable, as hereinbef-ore set out, foruse with other kinds of packages.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a barrel with myinvention applied to retain the fabric cover. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the band with the ends opened. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig.2 with the ends of the band drawn together and interlocked. Fig. 4 is anenlarged section through a portion of the barrel.

A is a barrel having the staves a and retaining-rings 0.. The barrel atone end A is closed by the ordinary head. Over the other end of thebarrel and extending downward is the fabric 0. The fabric generally usedfor this purpose is burlap, although any other suitable fabric may beused. After the fabric Chas been placed over the open end of the barrelmy improved band (shown in Fig. 2) is placed around the barrel, beneathone of the retaining-hoops a and overlying the fabric C. This band D ismade of metal, preferably steel, and has on its edges a series of teethd, which are bent so as to project beyond the body of the band and tolie vertically. One end of this band has a loop d. The band D, as beforedescribed, when open, is passed around the barrel over the fabric 0,near the end of the barrel and beneath one of the retaining-rings a. Thefree end of the band D is passed through the loop 01 and a turning-keyE, Fig. 3, connected thereto. The key E is of ordinary construction,having the handle E and the slot 6 in the barrel, in which slot the endof the band is placed. The key is then turned, taking up the slack ofthe band until it presses against the fabric and barrel. The fabric maythen be pulled down the desired amount, the position of the teeth on theband not preventing this. Finally the key is operated to compress theband tightly upon the barrel. The band lying below the barrelretainingring a it cannot move vertically. The fabric is prevented from rising bythe band D holding it thereon,.'and the teeth in the band Will catch thefabric. In order to remove the fabric, the key E may be operatedin thereverse direction and the band and fabric removed.

In such packages as have no retaining-rings I can attach projectionsto'prevent the ertical movement of the band.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a package,provided with a fabric cover for' oneend thereof, of a fastening device surrounding said package saidfastening device consisting of a metallic band provided with engagingdevices projecting inwardly and vertically downwardly therefrom andengaging the fabric.

2. In combination with apackage,provided with afabric cover for one endthereof, of a fastening device surrounding said package said fasteningdevice consisting of a metallic band provided with teeth projectinginwardly 1 and downwardly therefrom and engaging'the fabric.

3. In combination with apackage,provided with a fabric cover for one endthereof, of a fastening device surrounding said package said fasteningdevice consisting of a metallic band provided with engaging devicesprojecting inwardly and downwardly therefrom and engaging the fabric,said band having two free ends, a loop on one end of said band fasteningdevice surrounding said package said fastening device consisting of ametallic band provided with teeth projecting inwardly and downwardlytherefrom andengaging the fabric, said band havingtw'o free ends, a loopon one end of said band through which the other end passes and means tolock the band at the loop.

5. In combination with a package,provided with a fabric cover for oneend thereof, of a fastening device surrounding said package saidfastening device consisting of a metallic band provided with engagingdevices projecting inwardly and downwardly therefrom and engaging thefabric, said band having'two free'ends, and means to takeu'p slack andsecure the ends of the band together.

6. In combination witha package, provided with a fabric cover forone'en'd the-reef, of a fastening device surrounding. said package saidfastening device consistingof a metallic band provided with teethprojecting inwardly and downwardly therefrom and engaging the fabric,said band having two free ends, and

means to takeup slack and secure the ends of the band together.,

In testimony of which invention I have-hereunto set my hand, atPhiladelphia,- Pennsylvania, on this 12th day of June, 1900.-

' DA'VID R; o; DEVINE.

Witnesses:

M. M. HAMILTON, J. M. SHINDnER, Jr.

